Vegetable boiler or steamer.



PATENTED MAY 3, 1904 G. H. & M. A. LAWRENCE. VEGETABLE BOILER OR STEAMER'.

APPLIOATIOI FILED JUNE 24, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 3, 1904.

PATENT O FICE.

' GEORGE HENRY LAWRENCE AND MARY ANN LAWRENCE, OF NEW YORK, N.'Y;

VEGETABLE BOILER OR STEAMER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart' of Letters Patent No. 758,984, dated May 3, 1904.

Application filed June 24, 1902.

To all 111710771 it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE HENRY LAW- RENOE and MARY'ANN LAWRENCE, citizens of the United States, residing at No. 61 East Eighty-sixth street, New York city, in the county of New. York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Vegetable Boiler or Steamer, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in vegetable boilers and steamers, and is more especially adapted for use in cooking asparagus and other similar vegetables which require considerable care in handling the same after they have been cooked.

The object of the invention is to provide a receptacle having the sides and bottom thereof provided with apertures,whereby water or steam may readily reach the contents of the device.

A further object is to employ a removable bottom or shelf which is supported in proper position when the device is in use and which can be readily withdrawn when desired, carrying therewith the material thereon.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in providing a preferably rectangular casing open at the bottom and at one end and provided with grooves, whereby a bottom slide or shelf may be inserted into the frame and held insuch position.

The invention also consists of a bottom slide or shelf having an integral front strip which is adapted to close the open end of the frame when the shelf is in position and which has means for locking the shelf in place.

The invention also consists in the further novel construction and combination of parts, hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

showing the preferred form of our invention, and in wh1ch Figure l is a perspective'view of the device with the shelf removed. Fig. 2 is a similar View of saidshelf detached; and Fig. 3 is a section through the device, showing the shelf in position.

Referring to the figures by numerals of ref- Serial No. 113,051. (No model.)

frame are fastened panels 3, of wire-netting or other similar 'material.- The free ends of the sides are connected at their upper corners by means of a cross-bar 4E, and a bail 5 is mounted upon this bar and also upon the end panel 3 of the receptacle. A sliding shelf or bottom 7 is adapted to be inserted into the receptacle and into the grooved plates 2, and to the front edge of this shelf is secured a frame '8, which, together with the-shelf, is formed, preferably, of wire-netting arranged upon a wire frame. When the shelf is arranged in the grooves in plates 2, the end frame 8 is held in position between the free ends of the side panels 3 and the parts can be locked by means of a hook 9, which may be placed into engagement with rod 4. An eye 10 may be formed integral with the frame 8 and shelf 7,

and by means thereof said shelf and frame can be readily withdrawn from the receptacle.

In use the asparagus or other food to be cooked-is placed upon the shelf 7 and inserted into the receptacle, said shelf being supported by the grooved plates 2. When the material has been sufficiently'cooked, it can be removed quickly and without injury by unlocking the front-frame 8 from rod 4 and withdrawing the shelf from the receptacle.

This device is adapted to be used in connection with any receptaclecontaining water, and the legs 2 serve to support the bottom of the device above the surface of the water.

'In the foregoing description we have shown the preferred form of our invention; but we do not limit ourselves thereto, as we are aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and we therefore reserve the right to make such changes tion.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a receptacle comprising a base, screen-panels at the sides and one end of the base, and longitudinally-grooved supporting-plates secured to the panels; of a shelf slidably mounted within the grooved plate, and an end panel integral with the shelf and adapted to be supported in position between the free ends of the side panels.

2. The combination with a receptacle open at the bottom and one end; of longitudinallygrooved supporting-plates secured to the sides and closed end of the receptacle, a shelf slidably mounted within the grooved plates, and an end panel integral with the shelf and adapted to close the open end of the receptacle.

3. -In a device of the character described, the combination with a receptacle open at the bottom and at one end, and a rod connecting the sides of the receptacle at the open end thereof; of longitudinally-grooved supportjug-plates secured to the sides and closed end of the receptacle, a shelf slidably mounted within the grooved plate, a panel integral with the shelf and adapted to close the open end of the receptacle, and means for securing said panel to the rod.

4:. In a device of the character described, the combination with a base, and screenmanels extending from the sides and one end thereof to form a receptacle; of longitudinallygrooved supporting plates secured to the lower edges of said panels, a rod connecting the free ends of the side panels, bails secured to said rod and end panel, a screen-shelf slidably mounted within the grooved plates, an end panel integral with the shelf and adapted to close the open end of the receptacle, and means upon said panel for securing it to the connecting-rod.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 19th day of June, A. D. 1902.

GEORGE HENRY LAWRIINCE. [11. s] MARY ANN LAWRENCE. [It s] Witnesses:

WILLIAM J. CoYLE, OnAnLEs J. UOYLE. 

